Alarm Browser

The Alarm Browser is a window, accessible from within iC Navigator and elsewhere, used to view, create, modify and remove alarms. It provides access to alarms for both Grass Valley and third party devices. The information that appears in the Alarm Browser is generated by a specific GSM.


NOTE: Technically, the window that opens when you double-click on a GSM, or choose General status managers from the View menu, is the control panel for the GSM, of which the Alarm Browser is just one component. By convention, however, we tend to refer to this window as the GSM Alarm Browser, or simply the Alarm Browser.

The Main tab of the Alarm Browser displays a hierarchical view of all the alarms that have been discovered by the GSM. The alarms are organized into folders. The current state of each alarm is shown as an icon next to its name. These states are dynamically updated.

If the Edit plug-in and Remove plug-in buttons become enabled when you select an alarm in the Alarm Browser, it means that you can edit the properties of the alarm provider plug-in that provides this alarm, or remove the plug-in instance altogether. Be careful when using these buttons, however—some plug-ins are responsible for multiple alarms, so that changes may have an impact beyond the currently selected alarm.


NOTE: In the case of an SNMP plug‑in, the SNMP Plug‑in Configuration window allows you to enable the SNMP version 3 protocol (as opposed to the default version 2c protocol). If you choose the SNMP version 3 option, you must know: • the user ID • the authentication password • the authentication protocol • the privacy password • the privacy protocol This information is configured on the remote SNMP Manager polling this Application Server. See your network administrator for more information.

The Refresh button is disabled until the Alarm Browser hierarchy changes on the server in a way that would affect the current display—for example, when a new folder is created.